Gerard du Cann Updated: Apr 5 2021, 8:49 ET Gerard du Cann Invalid Date, HERCULE POIROT is one of Agatha Christie's most famous characters - and he is still talked about to this day. We have pulled together everything you need to know about him ahead of the ITV documentary Agatha & Poirot. 3 Who is Hercule Poirot? As one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, Poirot appeared in an impressive 33 novels, and 50 short stories. Through his illustrious fictitious carrier he caught 28 men and 23 women, often seeing through false leads and framing attempts to discover the true murderer. He is the product of combining two other fictional detectives names from the time period of the 1920s - Hercule Popeau and Evans' Monsieur Poiret.